Movies: James King

  • 1965
    Don Carlos

    Don Carlos (1965)

    Don Carlos

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    The production by Deutsche Oper Berlin achieves a beautiful balance between the stage drama and the music. It proves that there are still singers who can perform Verdi's melodies at the highest level and that it is also possible to bring them togethe...

    Don Carlos
  • 1989
    Elektra

    Elektra (1989)

    Elektra

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    Recorded at the Vienna State Opera house in 1989, this staging of Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s Elektra is one of the glories of live opera on film, deserving of eternal availability. The DVD picture has great clarity, despite the darkn...

    Elektra
  • 1988
    Ariadne auf Naxos

    Ariadne auf Naxos (1988)

    Ariadne auf Naxos

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    Jessye Norman is a regal Ariadne, the mythological Greek heroine in this opera-within-an-opera, opposite the passionate Bacchus of the great James King. Kathleen Battle delivers the coloratura fireworks of Zerbinetta, the leader of a commedia dell’ar...

    Ariadne auf Naxos
  • 1970
    Beethoven: Fidelio

    Beethoven: Fidelio (1970)

    Beethoven: Fidelio

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    Beethoven's opera Fidelio, conducted by Karl Böhm, featuring Gwyneth Jones as Leonore and James King as Florestan...

    Beethoven: Fidelio
  • 2012
    Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Die Tote Stadt

    Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Die Tote Stadt (2012)

    Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Die Tote Stadt

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    In 1920s Germany, Erich Korngold's work was considered “degenerate” and banned. Eventually, in 1934, he left for Hollywood. There, he made a name for himself as a film composer and only rarely wrote great works for the stage. Many of his quite succes...

    Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Die Tote Stadt
  • 1964
    Daphne

    Daphne (1964)

    Daphne

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    Daphne, Op. 82, is an opera in one act by Richard Strauss, subtitled "Bucolic Tragedy in One Act". The German libretto was by Joseph Gregor. The opera is based loosely on the mythological figure Daphne from Ovid's Metamorphoses and includes elements ...

    Daphne